diff --git a/nano/node/lmdb.cpp b/nano/node/lmdb.cpp
index 04216528..ae056191 100644
--- a/nano/node/lmdb.cpp
+++ b/nano/node/lmdb.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ nano::mdb_env::mdb_env (bool & error_a, boost::filesystem::path const & path_a,
 			release_assert (status3 == 0);
 			// It seems if there's ever more threads than mdb_env_set_maxreaders has read slots available, we get failures on transaction creation unless MDB_NOTLS is specified
 			// This can happen if something like 256 io_threads are specified in the node config
-			auto status4 (mdb_env_open (environment, path_a.string ().c_str (), MDB_NOSUBDIR | MDB_NOTLS, 00600));
+			// MDB_NORDAHEAD will allow platforms that support it to load the DB in memory as needed.
+			auto status4 (mdb_env_open (environment, path_a.string ().c_str (), MDB_NOSUBDIR | MDB_NOTLS | MDB_NORDAHEAD, 00600));
 			release_assert (status4 == 0);
 			error_a = status4 != 0;
 		}